90 Quotes by Terry Gross

That era in the late ’80s through the ’90s was really when the music was so new, fresh, energetic, but still creative. It hadn’t quite gotten corporatized yet.

I was in an adolescent psychology class at Citadel when the guy said, if you had a mother who was beaten, there’s a great chance you’ll beat your wife. And if you were beaten as a child, there’s a terrific chance you’re going to be a child-beater.

Many artists use their own lives as a kind of case study to examine what it’s like to be human.

I respect someone’s right to privacy and I want them to know it.

I’ve always been really curious about things and slightly confused by the world, and I think someone who feels that way is in a good position to be the one asking questions.

I am literally smaller than life. I am an unextraordinary-looking person. I’ve seen people trying to hide their disappointment when they meet me, and I have to watch them get over it.

I don’t think my father noticed that he had daughters. I think, you know, part of the damage of the childhood was, I simply don’t think they were acknowledged as human beings at all. Or – you know, one of the reasons I became a cook later on in my life was, I was not allowed to cook an egg.

If you are interested in ideas, radio is way more pure than television. You’re not distracted by somebody’s nose or hair or posture. You can really see how someone thinks and penetrate to the essence of who that person is.

Rapists who might’ve been convicted were free to assault other women.